title: [Catastrophe medicine: experiences with the employment of German Federal Forces in South Italy (author's transl)].
abstract: The earthquake catastrophe in south Italy on November 2rd 1980 brought death or homelessness to thousand of people. Timely preparatory measures could have limited the loss of life. This paper reports experiences from the catastrophe area. The duties of a mobile team of doctors, the problems of hygiene and laboratory medicine which confront a doctor in the catastrophe area and the demands which are made on a field hospital with surgical and internist facilities are dealt with.
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods*; D004190:Disasters; D005392:First Aid; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D011634:Public Health; D012066:Relief Work
vernacular_title: Katastrophenmedizinsiche Erfahrungen beim Einsatz der Bundeswehr in Süditalien.